Phoenix chords by Anaïs Mitchell, Fleet Foxes and Big Red Machine

SimplifiedD · A · G · Em · Bm

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
A 
 (D major) Out in a  (A major) loading bay line
G 
D 
 (G major) Watching the  (D major) fog recede
A 
G 
Divided the  (A major) flame you slowly gave  (G major) to me
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) Sat a re (B minor) lief in my mind
D 
A 
 (D major) But I only  (A major) caught you the one time
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) Later I'd  (B minor) watch you and wonder
D 
A 
what  (D major) it was like  (A major) 
D 
A 
G 
 (D major) How do you  (A major) bear the full weight?  (G major) 
D 
How does the  (D major) long way feel?
A 
Kneading your  (A major) hand too tight
G 
again (G major) st the wheel
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) How do you  (B minor) stay in that tower?
D 
A 
Em 
 (D major) How do you  (A major) reckon your own power?  (E minor) 
Bm 
How does the  (B minor) wheel not turn?
D 
A 
 (D major) On our own, on  (A major) our own, on our own
D 
I was trying to  (D major) find my way
G 
D 
 (G major) I   (D major) was thinking my mind was made
A 
D 
 (A major) But you were  (D major) making my
G 
heart change  (G major) shape
It's all that I could take
A 
D 
 (A major) I was try (D major) ing to find my way
G 
D 
A 
 (G major) I was  (D major) thinking my mind was  (A major) made
D 
But you were  (D major) making my
G 
heart change  (G major) shape
Em 
Bm 
D 
A 
Em 
Bm 
D 
It's all that I can take  (E minor)  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (D major) 
A 
Em 
Bm 
D 
A 
D 
A 
Em 
Bm 
D 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (D major) 
A 
D 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
G 
How do you  (A major) bear the full weight?  (G major) 
D 
How does  (D major) the long way feel?
A 
Kneading your  (A major) hand too tight again
Em 
G 
Em 
 (E minor) st the wheel  (G major)  (E minor) 
Bm 
How do  (B minor) you stay in that tower?
D 
A 
 (D major) How do you  (A major) reckon your
Em 
own power?  (E minor) 
Bm 
How does the  (B minor) wheel not turn?
D 
A 
 (D major) On our own,  (A major) on our own, on our own
D 
I was trying to  (D major) find my way
G 
D 
 (G major) I was  (D major) thinking my mind was made
A 
D 
 (A major) But you were  (D major) making my
A 
G 
heart change  (A major) shape  (G major) 
It's all that I could take
A 
D 
I  (A major) was try (D major) ing to find my way
G 
D 
A 
 (G major) I was  (D major) thinking my mind was  (A major) made
D 
But you were  (D major) making my
heart change shape
G 
 (G major) It's all that I could take now
A 
D 
 (A major) I  was trying to  (D major) find my way
G 
D 
Em 
 (G major) I was  (D major) thinking my mind was  (E minor) made
A 
D 
 (A major) But you were  (D major) making my
G 
heart change  (G major) shape
It's all that I could take now
A 
D 
G 
 (A major) I  was try (D major) ing to find my way  (G major) 
D 
I was  (D major) thinking my mind was made
A 
D 
 (A major) But you were  (D major) making my
G 
heart change  (G major) shape
It's all that I can take now
A 
D 
G 
 (A major) How do you stay  (D major) in that town?  (G major) 
D 
A 
How does the  (D major) lonely feel?  (A major) 
D 
G 
How does the  (D major) real not turn  (G major) over on us?
A 
On us  (A major) 
D 
G 
But I'll find  (D major) you can't  (G major) 
D 
You're  (D major) sticking on me everywhere
A 
 (A major) All my life